LawFuel’s 2022 Lawyer of the Year is the battling ‘loophole lawyer’ who fought to get Charlotte Bellis into the country under the MIQ lottery system.
Article source: Jeff Marion Law, Buffalo, NY Photo by Igor Passchier via Pexels In New York alone, commercial trucks were involved in 3,494 crashes in a single recent year, leading to hundreds of fatalities and thousands of injuries. For the victims and their families, the moments after a collision are overwhelming and life-altering. But in
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Norma Harris, LawFuel contributing editor Well, if the UK legal scene were a magic show, the disappearing firms would be the star trick. By the end of 2025, SRA-regulated firms in England and Wales dipped below 9,000—the first time in recent history—down from over 10,000 in 2020, a net loss of more than 1,100. Over
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Marc Moken is the new Managing Partner at Allens. He currently heads Allens’ Funds, Superannuation and Financial Services Practice and is one of Australia’s leading investment funds lawyers. A member of the firm’s leadership team, he also serves as Head of Allens’ Sydney office. He advises Australian and offshore fund sponsors, platforms and institutional investors.
Let’s be honest with each other for a moment.
You didn’t go to law school to become a content creator. You went because you’re sharp, you like solving problems, and — let’s be real — the billing rates don’t exactly hurt. But here you are in 2026, staring down a marketing landscape that looks absolutely nothing like it did three years ago, while some LinkedIn bro in a blazer-and-jeans combo tells you to “post consistently or die.”
You’re not dying because you’re bad at marketing. You’re struggling because the rulebook got shredded and nobody sent you the memo.
Here’s what’s actually happening: clients are asking ChatGPT “what happens to the house if we divorce?” before they ever type your name into Google. Your lovingly crafted blog post — the one your firm spent four hours approving — is sitting underneath an AI summary that answers the question completely and sends precisely zero traffic your way. And the referral you were counting on last month?
That client quietly asked an AI about you first. It didn’t go well.
The numbers bear this out, and they’re not comfortable reading. AI Overviews are slashing organic click-through rates by somewhere between 58 and 61 percent the moment they appear on a results page (Seer Interactive, September 2025; Ahrefs, December 2025).
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The explosive growth of legal AI operator Legora continues as they expand the company’s US operation with new offices in Houston and Chicago, following last year’s $1.8 billion valuation and funding rounds. Legora’s media release is below – Feb 27, 2026 Legora, the collaborative AI platform for legal professionals, today announced the opening of two
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Looking for a fail-fast career pivot? Legal AI startups are dangling six-figure cheques and juicy equity like forbidden fruit to City lawyers in the UK and who are bored of the billable treadmill. Trouble is, this fruit comes with worms. Financial News reports that roles at AI firms like Harvey, Legora and Luminance can pay
In 2025, the US legal market hit new heights, with industrywide revenue climbing 12.6%, matching the blistering pace of 2024. Am Law 50 firms stole the show, boasting 13.3% revenue growth and 3.6% demand surge, while the broader Am Law 100 notched 3.7% demand growth. Overall demand averaged 2.5%, peaking at a robust 4.4% in
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Four years into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the battlefield has long since expanded beyond territory. Courts, treaties and international accountability now matter just as much as tanks. This week, Ukraine made that point formally. London-based partner Julianne Hughes-Jennett of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has been awarded the Order of Merit by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, recognising
Power Briefing: Substance Law In the initial excitement of launching a new business, founders are often consumed by their innovative idea, market strategy, and growth projections. Foundational legal structures, like a comprehensive shareholders agreement, can seem like a low-priority formality. This oversight, however, is a critical misstep, as informal understandings and verbal handshakes are a
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A recent contributor noted the pleasures of holidays with sleep, an issue that biglaw deals with daily – or nightly – as sleep-deprived associates and law students struggle to make billing targets or exam results at the expense of a deceent night’s rest. Turns out a junior analyst at Centerview Partners tried to litigate exactly
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